AltWeeklies Wire
Arts Axed: Canada Hacks into Arts Funding
With $45 million to be removed from the Canadian government's arts funding, where does this leave various arts organizations?
Monday Magazine |
Amanda Farrell |
09-03-2008 |
Policy Issues
Paradise, Lost: Why 'Beyond Eden' May be the Best Musical You'll Never See
For 20 years, B.C. composer Bruce Ruddell has been working on his epic musical, Beyond Eden. But less than eight months before it was set to debut, it collapsed like the aboriginal culture at the heart of the show.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
09-03-2008 |
Theater
The Poetry of Diplomacy
American diplomat Indran Amirthanayagam makes an unlikely point man for a nation at war
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
06-19-2008 |
International
Tags: international
The Case for a New Court: Are community courts just a shiny gloss on a broken system?
Community courts have been catching on in the U.S., but will that same model fit with the Canadian legal system?
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
06-19-2008 |
Crime & Justice
"The Terrorist Brand," "Better Off on Their Own," "Off the Caseload"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Monday Magazine |
Andrew MacLeod |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Catching Firenew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Wicked Good
Dancing the evil Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty is a real drag.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
02-27-2008 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Getting Cross
Radio host Alan Cross guides listeners through alt-rock history with The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock
Monday Magazine |
Amanda Farrell |
02-27-2008 |
Media
Tags: radio
Protesters to Pay for Own Arrest?
After a local city council called in approximately 60 police officers to evict six peaceful protesters, that same city council is now considering suing the protesters for the policing costs.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-27-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Blowing Smoke
How the federal government's Marihuana Medical Access Division fails Canada's sick and dying.
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-27-2008 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
The War on Silence
Recent Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo opens her heart.
Monday Magazine |
Dana McNairn |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Angelique Kidjo, Djin Djin
Tape Head
Be Kind Rewind director Michel Gondry talks shop ... video shop, that is.
Monday Magazine |
Bill Stuart |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
Tree Sit Toppled
Was raid a test run for quelling 2010 dissent, or par for the course in development-mad Langford?
Monday Magazine |
Jason Youmans |
02-20-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Checking Out
The Greater Victoria Public Library closes the book on issues of gender equality in labour dispute.
Monday Magazine |
Shelley Motz |
02-20-2008 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
It’s Good, We Trust: Harry Manx Tries to Adjust to Island Time
Just as he receives a Juno nomination for best roots artist, noted mohan veena master Harry Manx talks New York, Springsteen and his "mysticssippi" influences.
Monday Magazine |
Dana McNairn |
02-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harry Manx, In Good We Trust
